BIO210Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rectum, Cecum, Uterus

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7 Jun 2018
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Lecture 1B Foundations of our
Body Organization
Anatomical Terminology
An international vocabulary that allows for precise communication among health
professionals worldwide, And scholars in the basic and applied sciences.
Anatomical Position
• Anatomical position: hands at sides, palms forward
• Supine: lying down, face up Prone: lying down, face down
Superficial Anatomy and Regional Anatomy
• Superficial Anatomy involves locating structures
on or near the body surface
• References to palpable structures
• Regional Anatomy involves describing a general
area of interest or injury
• Clinicians refer to abdominopelvic quadrants
• RUQ. RLQ, LUQ, LLQ
-Anatomists refer to more precise terms to describe the
location and orientation of internal organs through
abdominopelvic regions
Abdominopelvic quadrants and regions:
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